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An AI teammate for Gist.

Connect Gist and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 13 Gist actions, from looking things up to making changes. Ask from iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack or the app, and keep it read-only if you only want it to look.

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300 free credits. No card. Read-only if you want.

Things to ask about Gist
  • What broke in Gist overnight, and is it new?
  • Open a Gist issue for this bug with the steps from the Slack thread.
  • Summarise this week's Gist activity for the standup.
  • Tell me when something in Gist needs my attention.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in Gist

13 Gist actions, picked for what you ask.

About Gist: GitHub Gist is a service provided by GitHub that allows users to share code snippets, notes, and other text-based content. It supports both public and private gists, enabling easy sharing and collaboration.

Reads

10 in all · always allowed
  • Get Gist
    Retrieve a specific Gist by its ID. Use when you have a gist_id and need complete Gist details.
  • List Gists
    List the authenticated user's gists or all public gists if called anonymously.
  • Check Gist Star
    Check if a Gist is starred. Use when you need to determine if the authenticated user has starred a…
  • List Gist Forks
    List forks of a Gist. Use after obtaining a gist_id to retrieve all forks for the Gist.
  • List User Gists
    List public gists for a specified GitHub user. Use when you have a username and need their gists.
  • Get Gist Comment
    Get a specific comment on a Gist. Use when you need to retrieve details of a particular comment…
  • Get Gist Revision
    Retrieve a specific Gist revision. Use when you need details of a past state for an existing Gist…
  • List Gist Commits
    List the commit history of a Gist. Use after you have the Gist ID to review its revisions.
  • List Gist Comments
    List comments on a Gist. Use after confirming the gist_id to retrieve comments for a specific Gist.
  • List Starred Gists
    List the authenticated user's starred gists. Use when you need to retrieve all gists the user has…

Changes

3 in all · off when Gist is read-only
  • Unstar Gist
    Unstar a Gist. Use after confirming the Gist has been previously starred.
  • Delete Gist Comment
    Delete a comment on a Gist. Use when you have both the gist_id and comment_id and want to remove…
  • Update Gist Comment
    Update a Gist comment. Use when you need to modify an existing comment after confirming the gist_id…

Showing 13 of 13. Your agent can use every one of them; you don't pick them, you ask for the outcome.

How it works

Connected in a minute. In your control after that.

  1. Connect Gist

    Open Connections, find Gist and paste an API key from your Gist account settings. Cicada checks it works before saving it.

  2. Choose what it may do

    Full, Ask first or Read-only, for the whole workspace. Share Gist with the team, or keep it under each person's own login.

  3. Ask from anywhere

    Text your agent on iMessage or WhatsApp, message it in Slack or the app, or put a Gist job on a schedule: every morning, every Friday.

Works with your other tools

Gist, together with the rest of your stack.

Ask for an outcome that spans apps and your agent pulls from each one, cross-checks them and sends back one answer.

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Questions

Gist and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Gist?

Yes. Gist is one of the 888 apps with a page here, and it connects with an API key. Once it's connected, every agent in your workspace can use it from any channel you talk to them on.

How do I connect Gist?

Open Connections, find Gist and paste an API key from your Gist account settings. Cicada checks it works before saving it.

What can Cicada do in Gist?

13 actions: 10 that read from Gist and 3 that change things in it, for example get gist, list gists, check gist star. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Gist?

Yes. In Connections, set Gist to Read-only and no agent in your workspace can create, change or delete anything in it; it can still read. Ask first lets it act but makes it check with you before each change.

Can I ask about Gist from my phone?

Yes. Text your agent on iMessage or WhatsApp, or message it in Slack or the app. It answers in the same thread, and it can run Gist jobs on a schedule, like every morning at 8.

Is my Gist data safe?

Your Gist login or key is stored on the server and never appears in a conversation. Disconnecting removes it. Every action an agent takes is in your activity log, and your data isn't used to train models.

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